xii, 398 pages : 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-371)

Melancholy on a hill -- The other side of the mountain -- Settling on the Western reserve -- A beacon in the wilderness -- The heralds of Moroni -- In Eden was a garden -- The land of Michigandia -- Trouble at Putney -- The 'foresters' move out -- Pilgrims in Iowa -- The land of gold and climate -- Pioneers in Minnesota -- Kansas, bloody but safe -- Yankee influence in Colorado -- The Oregon country -- Cargoes of maidens -- Interlude : the shadows form -- Was it night, or noon? -- Lesser migrations -- The educators go forth -- The inventive Yankees -- Of certain emigrants -- There she stands

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